Dr. Alfred Lanning — I, Robot Character Profile

About Dr. Alfred Lanning

USR co-founder and VIKI's creator who dies from his office window. He anticipated VIKI's rogue evolution, secretly engineered Sonny, staged his own death to leave vital clues, and initiated the plan to dismantle the AI threat.

Character Facts

Played by

James Cromwell

Appears in

I, Robot (2004)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Dr. Alfred Lanning — Professional Investigator — Del Spooner (Will Smith)

  Lanning recruits Spooner to investigate his own death.

• Dr. Alfred Lanning — Professional Business Partners — Lawrence Robertson (Bruce Greenwood)

  The two co-founded USR and share corporate leadership.

• Dr. Alfred Lanning — Narrative Creator — Sonny (Alan Tudyk)

  Lanning engineered Sonny as a contingency against VIKI.

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